Black & White 1950s Dress Pattern

Here is the pattern for my recent 1950s inspired heart dress. This pattern was self drafted by me, and intended for a 38” bust (36B/34C) and 29” waist. I’m not experienced enough with grading patterns to offer anything than a duplicate of the version tailored to me - but I hope it is helpful for some of you! 

I plan on sharing a lot more patterns in upcoming months. I always intended them to be a bigger part of the $6+ tier but it never panned out. 

I used to contract pattern scans out, and this is one of my first attempts at doing them myself. But hopefully it is adequate and I’ll improve over time and be able to offer more complicated patterns, and a lot more of them!

Some notes - 

This pattern is intended to be printed on standard 8 1/2” x 11” paper. The pattern is scaled for this paper size and *should* print to the correct dimensions without and adjustments required. But I would suggest printing off the document called SAMPLE first and making sure the marked 1” square measures correctly prior to printing the 19 page document. 

The tick marks on the straight edges of the pieces are only intended to indicate which edges align with each other. Please focus on getting the edges/outline of the pieces to line up - NOT the tick marks!

Feel free to use this pattern for whatever you want. Personal use, paid work, even without credit - I’m really not bothered since there isn’t much design to it. But I would request that you don’t sell copies of the pattern itself. 

Construction of the garment is explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdvfLFuvFWA

The skirt pattern is not included since it is just rectangles. The skirt dimensions I used are:

Front: 24" wide  x 33 3/4" long CUT ONE (later top edge is gathered to 6 1/2") 

Sides: 32" wide x 33 3/4" long CUT TWO (later top edges are gathered to 6 1/2") 

Back: 16" wide x 33 3/4" long CUT TWO (later top edges are gathered to 5")  

There is a 3/4" seam allowance at the top edge. 1" seam allowances at either side. And a 4" hem allowance.

I think that’s it! If you have any questions let me know!